Freeview Light on the Seagry Court (Swindon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Seagry Court (Swindon, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Seagry Court (Swindon, England) mast?
Seagry Court transmitter - Seagry Court transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Seagry Court (Swindon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Seagry Court transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 154m | DTG- | 20W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Seagry Court (Swindon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Seagry Court transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 59km west-southwest (256°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 56km west-southwest (253°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Seagry Court (Swindon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | |||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-4dB) 8W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 2 May 2018
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StevensOnln14:44 PM
Chris: Pick, Dave and Challenge are on COM5 not COM4, so could you clarify which mux you have lost? Were you previously receiving COM4/5/6 before the recent retune? COM4/5/6 were only recently added to Seagry Court so if you were receiving them prior to the recent retune you must have been getting them from another transmitter (probably Mendip going by the postcode you've provided). Which direction does your aerial point? Seagry Court is approximately east, whereas Mendip is roughly South West from your location.
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Thursday, 3 May 2018
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Chris8:54 PM
StevensOnln1: Hi. Is there anything you can suggest we do. I don't understand how we had COM5 after the Seagry upgrade in Feb/Mar and then lost it a few days ago. Thanks, Chris
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StevensOnln111:05 PM
Chris: What signal strength and quality readings are you getting on the other muxes?
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Friday, 4 May 2018
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Chris7:49 AM
StevensOnln1: Morning. I've tried to look at that but I don't think I'm able to tell that as I can't find anything on my Samsung TV that gives me the option to look at this. The only thing I know is that we don't get any issues you could put down to a weak signal - image quality, intermittent loss of channel etc, on the other muxes. Cheers Chris
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MikeB10:43 AM
Chris: go to setup and then into tuning. Manual tune will allow you to look at a particular channel and it should tell you what the strength and quality is. Samsung is a bit more complex than the others, but have a look on Google for guidance.
It could be that your tuned to the wrong transmitter, or have not yet retuned. Or your system is at fault.
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Chris12:15 PM
MikeB: Thanks Mike. Appreciate the response. I did a search after I posted and I can see there is a way to do this on a Samsung TV but its in the least obvious Menu Option. I'll check tonight, make sure I can do it and post an update then. Thanks again. Chris
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Chris5:27 PM
MikeB: Hi Mike. Signal Strength is between 90 and 100, depending on Channel. Bit Error Level (I assume this is a measure of Quality) is 0 on all. I have retuned each day and still no joy. I'm confident we are Seagry - Aerial ponits in that direction, we've had only a few digital channels (approx 30) until Feb/Mar 2018, when we got over 100 and that was the first time we got Pick, Challenge etc. They have been fine upto the last week, when we lost them and can't get them now. Another user has reported a similar problem. Thanks Chris.
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MikeB10:55 PM
Chris: That's a really high signal straight- I would normally assume you'd get the tuner blanking out from that level.
It sounds like you did have the local light transmitter, but then you retuned automatically, and then you got the full range from another transmitter. And then you lost That.
Some Samsung's have needed a software patch, etc to cope with the frequency changes, but it's might be similar for you to start with the basics. Put your postcode into your next reply, and it should generate automatically a lot of data regarding your position. At the moment we have no idea as to what signal you should get or could get, and therefore what you should expect.
You should be able to find out what transmitter you are on from a) the number of channels and b) by looking at what channel BBC1 is broadcast on when you go to manual tuning. If it matches the channel number at the top of the page, you know you on that one.
The direction of the aerial would also be useful. And check your cables - if you have lost a mux etc then that's often a key factor.
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
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Chris9:50 AM
Swindon
MikeB: Hi Mike. Oddly we've got COM5 channels back. I rescanned over the weekend and we now have 138 channels. Again, the signal strength is 95-100 on those channels. My postcode is SN2 2TG. I checked what you suggested and I am, and have been, picking up Seagry all the time. Seagry is very close to SN2 2Tg. Other transmitters we 'could' pick up in my area are Mendip and Oxford but they are quite some way away and our aerial is not pointing to those. Cheers C
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Tuesday, 28 August 2018
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Keith Carter2:40 PM
On the 22nd August i lost all HD channels 101-105. I am on a communal Ariel in a block of flats. Another block on a different Ariel has also lost these channels. Help! Both from seagry court.
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